This open-source blog was created to give a voice to the experiences of women working in intensive and critical care medicine around the world. While it is the brainchild of the International Women in Intensive and Critical Care Network (iWIN) Executive Planning Committee, we invite anyone with a story to share to submit a post for consideration–including our male allies who have joined our march for equality. We anticipate the blog posts will be as individual as you. There are no length or formatting requirements, but photos are encouraged. We do ask that the subject matter somehow relates to intensive/critical care medicine, women in medicine, work-life balance, wellness, navigating COVID-19, proud accomplishments, or highlighting pet projects. If you have an outside-the-box idea–please reach out. Please ensure that your submissions have been thoroughly proofread and are essentially “ready to be published” upon submission.
Meet Our Moderators
My name is Marin Darsie. I am an emergency medicine and neurocritical care physician practicing in Wisconsin. I completed both my emergency medicine residency and neurocritical care fellowship at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill. This somewhat unusual path to neurocritical care and hunger for more resources aimed at trainees led me to become co-editor-in-chief of The Pocket Guide to Neurocritical Care. I currently serve on the Executive Planning Committee for the inaugural iWIN Conference which has been tentatively rescheduled for June 2021. Outside of work, I stay busy chasing after two kids and juggling the demands of a two-physician household.
You can follow me on Twitter at @MarinDarsieMD and @iWIN_2020!
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My name is Christa O’Hana (Hana) S. Nobleza. I am an associate professor in the departments of Neurology and Neurosurgery at the University of Mississippi Medical Center in Jackson, Mississippi, where I also serve as Neuroscience Intensive Care Unit Medical Director and the NCC Fellowship Program Director. I completed medical school at the University of the East Ramon Magsaysay Memorial Medical Center in the Philippines and underwent Neurology residency training at the University of Connecticut, followed by a fellowship in Neurocritical Care at The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. I am also on the Executive Planning Committee for the inaugural iWIN Conference. I am a proud wife and mother of two daughters. You can follow me on Twitter at @nsicumommamd14!